I have cut Shelby back to just 1 lb of food a day, which I feel like isn't very much food, but she was getting a little plump. I am very weight conscious with all of my animals, but especially my dogs, and especially her since she's till a growing pup. I'm just so paranoid that she will get hip dysplasia and be in pain like our poor Sophie was.

Anyways, I don't feel like she is overly skinny, but I just wanted to get some outside input to make sure she's still on track. I have a hard time keeping it straight sometimes since Sirius is still a little underweight. And well.... pretty much everyone else I know keeps their dogs "fat and happy" So I was hoping you all would help me out!

Top view: This one was hard to get, but she has a pretty good hourglass going

And a lateral:

And then a face shot, just cause she's cute

Any and all input is appreciated, even if it's negative I won't be offended. Thanks!

She looks great to me. Depending on how bully the dogs in her family are/were you may see her get a good deal thicker over the next year. That's what happened with Teeny. Up until about a year old she had a nice slim pit bull-like figure, but over the last year she has really gotten thick (and recently also plump, ooops!), which can take away a bit of the tuck and hourglass that we're used to seeing in so many other breeds.

"All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another." -Anatole France

Thanks so much for the input everyone!! You've made me feel much better, I think she's probably doing just fine on 1 lb of food a day then.

I do agree with most of you that she could use a little bit more of a tuck. One thing that is a little deceiving with her though, is that she has alot of extre skin around her chest, so while I think you probably would be able to see some faint rib outlines when she moves, you can't see any because she has too much skin! I suspect that she has alot of thickening out to do over the next year like Sis said.

Thanks guys!

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